After the Huaxing army surrounded Xuchang City, to the surprise of the Yuan brothers, they did not attack.Instead, all the soldiers and horses dug trenches outside the city, making Xuchang City impassable.The headquarters that attacked Xuchang also adopted the tactics of besieging but not attacking, so that Xuchang City collapsed from the inside and broke itself without attacking.The only shallow river flowing through Xuchang, the Qingyi River was also cut off by the Huaxing Army.At the same time, the No. 1 Aviation Squadron was dispatched, and 20 airships arrived over Xuchang City at the same time, and according to the marks already marked in the city, they carried out intensive bombardment of the location of the grain and grass materials of the Yu army."
Oh my God, what the hell is this?
The rumbling explosions continued to rise in the city, and the entire city wall shook as it shook.The three brothers of the Yuan family, who were commanding the defense on the city wall, were completely stunned by the airship in the sky.It was as if he had seen a devil, and his eyes were as big as brass bells.Especially Yuan Baoling, when he was in Xuzhou, he heard Wu Changqing talk about this kind of thing.When I saw it today, it was like a divine help, and I couldn't figure out how such a big flying fish could fly into the sky.The people in the city seemed to see the gods descending to earth, and they were all so frightened that they knelt down and bowed to the airship again and again, exactly the same as the reaction of the people of Shandong.At this time, there was no concept of a flying object, who could figure out what it was and still be able to fly in the sky.It can only be explained by the gods descending to earth, except for the gods, who has such mana."
Hit me, hit me hard, knock them down for me."
Yuan Baoheng hurriedly stopped the soldiers and horses from shooting at the flying fish in the sky, wanting to knock these monsters down from the sky.As a result, after a circle of ammunition was fired, the Exocet could not move at all.At an altitude of 500 meters, where can the bullets of the breech guns fly?
There was a lot of gunfire on the city wall, and they shot in vain for a long time, and finally they were quickly stopped by Yuan Baoheng.He didn't want to waste any more ammunition, and smoke was already rising from the ammunition depot, and even the ammunition factory in the middle of nowhere was flattened by bombs falling from the sky, billowing smoke.After the bombing, Yuan Baoheng hurriedly sent people to count the damage.As a result, the hearts of the three brothers almost fell to the extreme, almost all the military granaries in the city were blown up, and all the material warehouses were razed to the ground.What's even more terrifying is that the river outside the city has also been cut off, and the main water in the city depends on this clear river."
Huaxingjun is really despicable, and they dare not fight with us in a dignified manner.What kind of fight is this, do you want us to abandon the city and surrender" After Yuan Baoheng returned to the mansion, he scolded angrily as soon as he sat down, and his face was flushed with anger."
This Huaxing army is really strange, it can bomb the soldiers defending the city intensively, but they only attack the granaries and arsenals, do they just want to force us to surrender" Yuan Baoqing frowned a little puzzled, and couldn't understand this question."
I also think it's a little strange about this, the monster in the sky seems to have eyes, how can it bomb a place full of grain and grass materials so accurately" Yuan Baoling was also full of doubts, with an incredible expression on his face."
The city must have been mixed in, and it's too late to say anything, so we should think about how to solve the problem of military rations.300,000 people eating and drinking a day is not a small number, and the loss of military rations will immediately provoke a mutiny" Yuan Baoheng changed the topic with a bitter face, and at present, grain and grass are a big problem in front of them."
There will always be some food in people's homes, so it's better for us to borrow them first" Yuan Baoling raised his eyebrows and thought of a way without hesitation."
This can't work, these people are our fellow villagers in Henan, we do this for the important things of the villagers, how can the Yuan family gain a foothold in Henan.Moreover, many of the soldiers in the city were from Xuchang, and this would certainly provoke their dissatisfaction. ”Yuan Baoqing objected without thinking about it, and glared at this cousin fiercely, usually he has a lot of ghost ideas, and he has some bad ideas at critical times."
What Brother Baoqing said is that even if we die in battle, we can't take a grain of grain from the people in the city.Tomorrow, we will take the initiative to attack the Huaxing Army and see if we can find a way to break out.If you can, you will lead the army to the north, and we don't want Henan, go out of the customs to find the imperial court, and then fight back to Henan in the next day. ”Yuan Baoheng thought about it for a long time, and could only take the last road."
That's the only way, I'll go down and straighten out the troops and horses, and prepare to break through tomorrow.""
I'll go too" Yuan Baoqing and Yuan Baoling clenched their fists at the same time, turned around and went out.On the second day, the Yu army, under the command of Yuan Baoheng and Yuan Baoqing, tentatively broke through from the north and east gates.The two each commanded 30,000 cavalry and launched a fierce charge against the Huaxing army.These cavalry were originally trained by the Yuan family to exterminate the Twist Army, but they have not been used since they had foreign spearmen.They also knew that attacking the other with their own strengths was short, Yuan Baoling and Yuan Baoheng fought with the Huaxing army several times, and naturally knew that if they attacked with foreign spearmen, they would definitely be hit by the Huaxing army as a live target.Now that the cavalry is now attacking, if the positions of the Huaxing army are scattered, and then the foreign spearmen will take advantage of the chaos to attack, there may be a slight chance of victory.The Huaxing army deployed more than 1,000 meters outside the city, dug layers of trenches, and all the rifles were loaded and bolted.In order to cooperate with the actions of the cavalry, more than 50 artillery pieces deployed on the wallless city also opened fire at the same time.Yuan Baoheng knew that the shooting distance was not enough, but he wanted to deter the Huaxing army.The black iron ball swished out, and fell before it was halfway through, splashing a burst of dust on the ground.Under the huge impact, the entire battlefield shook.The front-line commander of the Huaxing Army was amused by the Yu army with a telescope, and they didn't know why the command gave the order to defend.Otherwise, the walls would have been blown open in one day, and the city would have been stormed long ago.The cannon fire was behind, and the gates of the north and east gates were wide open at the same time.The drawbridge of the moat was also slowly lowered, and the two cavalry rushed out, like black arrows, roaring towards the position of the Huaxing army.The front-line commander of the "reserve" Huaxing Army immediately raised the order flag in his hand, and the machine gun company and mortar battalion deployed in front were ready to fire at the same time.As soon as the "shooting" red flag waved, thousands of bullets immediately slanted out, accompanied by the whistling of mortar shells.Like a hurricane, it swept past the cavalry of the Yu army."
Poof, poof, poof, poof" The expeditionary machine gun kept roaring, and the guns were like a forest and bullets were raining down.The first cavalry that rushed to the front was scraped down in an instant, and the bullets slammed into the flesh, beating the horses and cavalry into a meat sieve."
Boom, boom, boom" mortar shells also exploded everywhere after they landed, raising gunpowder smoke everywhere.Shrapnel flew like scattered flowers, harvesting the lives of horses and cavalry within a radius of several meters.The battlefield is like a devil rushing out of hell, completely mired in merciless killing.The cavalry and horses continued to fall in pools of blood, neighing in fear and helplessness."
Woo woo" Yuan Baoling and Yuan Baoqing saw this situation, where did they dare to rush around, and hurriedly blew the horn of the withdrawal of troops, so that the cavalry behind them turned around and returned.Silence on the battlefield immediately returned, and when the Huaxing army saw them return, they all stopped shooting in an instant.Yuan Baoheng watched the dynamics of the battlefield closely on the city wall, and after seeing the well-trained combat effectiveness of the Huaxing Army, the last glimmer of hope in his heart was completely shattered.The fortifications they built were completely impregnable.Even if all the Yu troops in the city rushed out, it was estimated that they would be wiped out."
Big brother, you can't rush, the combat effectiveness of the Huaxing Army is too strong.Tens of thousands of brothers fell in an instant," Yuan Baoling went up to the city wall with a disgraced face, and wailed at Yuan Baoheng from afar."
What a fucking grievance" Yuan Baoqing also went up to the city wall, and after standing down beside Yuan Baoheng, he scolded and slammed his military hat on the ground."
I saw it just now, Hua Xingjun let you go, otherwise you won't even be able to come back."
Yuan Baoheng poured out with a pale face, trying his best to pretend to be calm, but cold sweat was already forming in his palms."
Why are they doing this, are they deliberately trying to play with us" Yuan Baoling scolded, this kind of life completely controlled by others feels extremely infuriating, and I feel completely breathless."
They want to force us to surrender, maybe they just don't want to do too much killing, maybe we are all Han Chinese, they can't bear to do it" Yuan Baoheng spit out lightly, his heart was entangled, how could he not order so many of his subordinates to follow him to death.He could be loyal to the Qing Dynasty, but these soldiers had their right to live.After the cavalry of the Yu army completely withdrew into the city, airships gathered in the sky again.The soldiers were just frightened by the tragedy of the battlefield, thinking that the Huaxing army was about to start bombing the city again, so they hurriedly hugged their heads and lay on the city wall.As a result, what they were waiting for was not a cannonball, the airship was like a goddess scattering flowers, constantly throwing white paper.Xuchang City was almost completely covered with white paper, and the people in the city were inexplicable, and they didn't know that they thought that the Huaxing Army was ready to send them to the end and throw paper money.When they picked up the blank paper on the ground, it turned out to be a letter of persuasion from Hua Xingjun.The letter wrote, "The soldiers of Xuchang, don't sacrifice your lives for the Yuan family in vain.Shandong has now been pacified by the Huaxing army, and only Xuchang is left in Jiangbei.If you choose to abandon the city and surrender, the Huaxing army will not be guilty of the past, and all will be given leniency.You have also seen the combat effectiveness of the Huaxing army, the reason why we are reluctant to attack the city is to give you a chance to live, now the city is cut off from water and food, if you are obsessed with it, it is a dead end, "behind the letter of persuasion, there is also a statement just issued by the imperial court, Ding Baozhen, the governor of Shandong, and Yuan Baoheng, the governor of Henan, turned their backs on the lord to seek glory, took refuge in the Huaxing army, and gave up Shandong and Henan to the Huaxing army.If you can take the heads of the two and present them to the emperor, you will be rewarded with 10,000 taels of silver
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